{"id":113441,"date":"2020-03-23T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=113441"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:20:19","slug":"gesoekte-francois-pretorius-juwelier-op-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/23\/gesoekte-francois-pretorius-juwelier-op-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Gesoekte Francois Pretorius was juwelier op Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Www.mobserver.co.za<\/b> het verneem dat mnr. Pretroius die eienaar was van Francois Pretorius Juwelierswinkel naby die Aerorand Postnet tot \u2019n jaar gelede.<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius word gesoek vir ondervraging in verband met die dubbele moord op die Bethal Hervormde Kerk emiritus (afgetrede) leraar, dr. Hannes Beukes (70) en sy vrou, Ibel (67), Woensdag (18 Maart).<\/p>\n<p>Volgens die polisie is hy \u201cgevaarlik en moontlik gewapen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2019n Motorfietsryer wat deur die veld op die hoek van Kieser- en Du Plooystraat naby die Bethaldam deurgery het, het die Beukes-egpaar se voertuig tussen die ho\u00eb grasse gevind en die Bethal Gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebringsforum in kennis gestel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113446\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113446\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2019n Motorfietsryer het die Beukes egpaar se voertuig tussen die lang gras gevind. FOTO: Wilma van Vuuren (ridgetimes.co.za).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Die polisie se provinsiale kantoor, by monde van brig. Leonard Hlati, het bevestig dat hulle vermoor is.<\/p>\n<p>Kort daarna is Pretorius se gesig op noodgroepe geplaas en is bevestig dat soortgelyke artikels wat in Pretorius huis gevind is, uit die Beukes egpaar se huis gesteel is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113443\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113443\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me. Ibel Beukes en haar man, die bekende dr. Hannes Beukes, emiritus (afgetrede) leraarspaar van die Hervormde Kerk, Bethal, wat verlede week in die kattebak van hul voertuig naby die Bethaldam gevind is. Hulle is vermoor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2022 Pretorius ry \u2019n silwer Volkswagen Polo, registrasie nommer JMB 980 MP en enige persoon wat moontlik inligting het oor waar hy hom bevind, word gevra om die ondersoekbeampte, adj. Nico Veldman, by 079 396 3652 te bel, of die Bethal GPF by 072 711 3410 of die Stop Misdaadnommer by 08600 10111.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113445\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113445\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die polisie besig om die toneel deur te soek vir leidrade. FOTO: Wilma van Vuuren (ridgetimes.co.za).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2022Mnr. Pretorius was vir etlike maande aan die stuur van die Francois Pretorius Juwelierswinkel op Middelburg. Sy vrou het op daardie stadium hul juwelierswinkel op Bethal hanteer en hy die winkel op Middelburg.<\/p>\n<p>Me. Michelle Mortelmans was verras toe sy verneem dat daar foto\u2019s van haar op die juwelierswinkel se Facebookblad is.<br \/>\nSy is gevra om as model op te tree vir die \u201cVerlief\u201d Klerereeks en nie geweet waarvandaan die juwele gekom het nie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113444\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113444\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes4-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes4-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes4-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die foto\u2019s van me. Michelle Mortelmans verskyn op die Facebookblad van Francois Pretorius Juweliers. Sy het as model opgetree vir die \u201cVerlief\u201d Klerereeks en nie geweet haar foto\u2019s is op die juwelierswinkel se Facebookblad nie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Me. Vicky du Plessis (van Verlief Klerereeks) s\u00ea sy het die Pretorius egpaar baie goed geken.<\/p>\n<p>Haar kleremaakster was in daardie tyd (laat 2018) in Bethal en mnr. Pretorius het altyd vir haar die pakkies van daar af deurgebring.<br \/>\nHy het ook goedgunstiglik van sy juwele beskikbaar gestel vir fotosessies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113442\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113442\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes6-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes6-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/beukes6-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die Francois Pretorius Juweliers Facebookblad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sy was geskok toe sy hom herken op die foto\u2019s wat op noodgroepe rondgestuur is en hom \u2019n \u201cbot\u201d persoon beskryf.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Die onbeantwoorde vraag is waarom die leraarspaar vermoor is.<br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2022<\/i>Groepredakteur Wilma van Vuuren<i> <\/i>van die\u00a0<i>Middelburg Observer<\/i>\u00a0se susterskoerant, The Ridge Times, was self op die toneel en het toestemming gegee dat foto\u2019s van die toneel gepubliseer mag word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francois Pretorius, die man wat deur die Bethal polisie gesoek word na \u2019n dubbele moord op \u2019n leraarspaar, was \u2019n bekende juwelier op Middelburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":113447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naud\u00e9","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10367,23959,23956,23962,23957,23963,23960,23958,10450,2226,23961,10366],"class_list":["post-113441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-betroubare-nuus","tag-beukes-egpaar-vermoor","tag-francois-pretorius","tag-francois-pretorius-gesoek-vir-beukes-egpaar-se-moord","tag-fransois-pretorius-gesoek-vir-moord","tag-leraarsegpaar-vermoor-in-bethal","tag-leraarspaar-wreed-vermoor-in-bethal","tag-man-gesoek-vir-bethal-egpaar-se-moord","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-moord","tag-morrd-in-bethal","tag-plaaslike-nuus"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["betroubare nuus","Beukes egpaar vermoor","francois pretorius","francois pretorius gesoek vir beukes egpaar se moord","fransois pretorius gesoek vir moord","leraarsegpaar vermoor in bethal","leraarspaar wreed vermoor in bethal","man gesoek vir Bethal egpaar se moord","middelburg nuus","moord","morrd in bethal","plaaslike nuus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}